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\n\t\u201cTubthumping,\u201d Chumbawamba\u2019s hit from 1997, has been thumping from loudspeakers at public events led by New Zealand\u2019s deputy prime minister Winston Peters. And the politically-charged British group is having none of it. <\/p>\n
\n\tLast weekend, Peters, whose party New Zealand First is part of the country\u2019s coalition government, walked on stage to \u201cTubthumping\u201d ahead of his controversial \u201cstate of the nation\u201d address. <\/p>\n
\n\tDuring an hour-long speech, the veteran right-wing politician reportedly discussed plans to remove gender and sexuality lessons from the school curriculum, and referred to the song\u2019s lyrics, telling the audience \u201cwe got knocked down, but we got up again,\u201d the BBC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tChumbawamba\u2019s members want the populist politician to stop all references to the song. \u201cSome mini-Trump in New Zealand totally not getting how egregious we think he is,\u201d reads a post on the now-defunct band\u2019s official Facebook page<\/a>, linking to the BBC article. <\/p>\n